He later used that bond to ally with a group of purrgil against Imperial Grand Admiral Thrawn's 7th Fleet during the liberation of the Outer Rim planet Lothal, ultimately removing the fleet from the planet by having the purrgil wrap their tentacles around Thrawn's ship and jump to hyperspace. However, Jedi Padawan Ezra Bridger, another member of the Spectres, was able to establish a connection to the whales when he encountered a group of them together with the rest of his crew at a gas refinery. Numerous spacer deaths could be attributed to purrgil-related incidents, leading most spacers to fire upon them on sight. The natural ability of the purrgil inspired sentients to develop hyperdrive technology and wayfinders that were used for hyperspace navigation.Īccording to Hera Syndulla, leader of the Spectres, most spacers considered purrgil to be pests due to their habit of approaching and flying into starships near their flight paths, and for ships crashing into their swarms during hyperspace travel. Living in groups consisting of up to dozens of individuals, they were able to fly through hyperspace by creating simu-tunnels. Their heads had a characteristic bulbous shape with one eye on each side. They had streamlined bodies with a smooth-looking bluish-purple skin, four large hind tentacles, a single dorsal fin, and two side fins.

Some of them were only the size of a small starship while others were much larger. Purrgil were a semi-sentient species of massive, whale-like creatures that lived in deep space, traveling from star system to star system. ' They're about to jump into hyperspace!' ―Hera Syndulla and Sabine Wren

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